Master Trusts

Members of defined contribution (DC) pension funds in their 50s or 60s, are even more at risk than those in DB schemes: Members of DC schemes, especially if they are in lifestyle...

Smart Pension has acquired Ensign Master Trust, its eighth acquisition since launch. The Ensign Master Trust has £158m in assets, and runs the workplace pensions for 5,100 members across 62 employers. It...

Ten years on from the launch of auto-enrolment and two decades from the Pensions Commission that shaped it, the world of workplace pensions has been transformed. Reducing means testing, raising the state...

GlaxoSmithKline spin-off Haleon has appointed LifeSight to run its company pension. Previously this was a single-employer trust, run by GSK. The scheme, which has 2,000 members will now use LifeSight’s master trust. ...

SPONSORED COMMENT As automatic enrolment reaches its 10-year anniversary, many commentators will be talking about its success. The numbers speak for themselves, with over 10 million people added to workplace pensions, boosting...

SPONSORED CONTENT How will the regulator’s proposed ‘consumer duty’ rules differ from the ‘treating customers fairly’ regime? We’ve yet to see the FCA’s final rules, which are expected to come into force...

Seven out of 10 pension professionals believe Prime Minister Liz Truss should be replaced as a matter of urgency, following the debacle that has seen the pound plunge, Gilt yields soar and...

Smaller schemes are paying charges that are more than 20 basis points higher on master trust pension arrangement - but this could change under new consumer duty regulations. This was one of...

The industry faces serious and difficult questions about the design of default glidepaths towards retirement, which have failed to protect savers or shelter them from volatility in current market conditions. Speaking at...

It’s fair to say that the gilt market hated today’s mini-Budget.  People are getting out their long term history books and gilt charts to find example of worse one-day price moves. Gilt...